'Defamatory' definitions:
Definition of 'Defamatory'
From: GCIDE
- Defamatory \De*fam"a*to*ry\, a. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'defamatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- back-biting,
- backbiting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detracting,
- detractory,
- disparaging,
- libelous,
- maligning,
- minimizing,
- pejorative,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- vilifying